Byzantine conquest of 1018

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The Byzantine conquest of 1018 was the campaign by Emperor Basil II that ended the independence of the First Bulgarian Empire and incorporated its territories into the Byzantine Empire.

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Byzantine conquest of 1018 canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine–Bulgarian conflict ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
aftermath integration of Bulgarian aristocracy into Byzantine nobility ⓘ
recognition of Bulgarian church autonomy under the Archbishopric of Ohrid ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Byzantine Empire ⓘ
First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
category 11th-century conflicts ⓘ
Wars involving Bulgaria ⓘ
Wars involving the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
chronology after the Battle of Kleidion ⓘ
commander Basil II ⓘ
conflict Byzantine–Bulgarian wars ⓘ
country Byzantine Empire ⓘ
describedBySource John Skylitzes ⓘ
Michael Psellos ⓘ
endTime 1018 ⓘ
followedBy Byzantine rule over Bulgaria ⓘ
foughtBy Byzantine Empire ⓘ
First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
hasCause Byzantine policy to subdue Bulgaria ⓘ
weakening of Bulgarian resistance after 1014 ⓘ
hasEffect creation of Byzantine themes in former Bulgarian lands ⓘ
dissolution of the First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
extension of Byzantine control over the central Balkans ⓘ
hasMainBelligerent Basil II ⓘ
Bulgarian Tsardom of Samuel and successors ⓘ
location Balkans ⓘ
Bulgaria ⓘ
Epirus ⓘ
Macedonia ⓘ
linked to: Macedonia (Greece)

Thessaly ⓘ
opponent First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
opposingCommander Ivan Vladislav of Bulgaria ⓘ
partOf Byzantine–Bulgarian wars ⓘ
reign of Basil II ⓘ
linked to: Basil II
result Byzantine victory ⓘ
annexation of Bulgarian territories by the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
end of the independence of the First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
incorporation of Bulgaria into the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
significance ended an independent Bulgarian state for more than a century ⓘ
marked the high point of Basil II’s expansion ⓘ
significantEvent capture of Ohrid by the Byzantines ⓘ
death of Ivan Vladislav at Dyrrhachium ⓘ
submission of Bulgarian nobles to Basil II ⓘ
startTime 1014 ⓘ
temporalContext early 11th century ⓘ

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First Bulgarian Empire → significantEvent → Byzantine conquest of 1018 ⓘ